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Just another day in Vegas by the numbers: 4,760 eggs cracked, 331 costume changes, 350 marshmallows for Blue Man Group

The Blue Man Group goes through about 350 marshmallows in their 10-week gig in Las Vegas.

Photograph by: Mark van Manen
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It's excess and excitement: Las Vegas. And here's a list of 21 little-known facts about Sin City. No kidding.

• 975: Average number of weddings performed at Bellagio Resort & Casino each year

• 1,117: Number of ice buckets designed to resemble President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s hat box in the all-suite boutique hotel Delano Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay, opening September

• 13,608: Weight, in kilograms, of the ‘Big Piece’ – the largest piece of the Titanic ever recovered — housed at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition at Luxor Hotel & Casino

• 8.1 million: Size, in watts, of the under-construction solar photo-voltaic array at Mandalay Bay Convention Center, which will make it the largest convention center array in the world; it will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 1,300 homes

• 108: Maximum speed, in kilometers-per-hour, of The Roller Coaster at New York-New York Hotel & Casino

• 13: Number of retailers’ flagship stores at The Shops at Crystals, making it the shopping center with the largest collection of flagship locations in North America including the largest Louis Vuitton in North America and flagships for the houses of Prada, Fendi, Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Ermenegildo Zegna, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana Men’s and Dolce & Gabbana Women’s, Tourbillon, Bally, Van Cleef & Arpels and Bottega Veneta

• 5,134: Number of mattress sets installed during the recent $110-million US remodel of rooms and suites at Bellagio

• 10: Number of Michelin stars held by restaurants at Bellagio, MGM Grand and Mandalay Bay, including the Three Michelin Stars at Joël Robuchon (MGM Grand) and Two Michelin Stars at Picasso (Bellagio)